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NEFARIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nefarious mean? 

NEFARIOUS (adjective)
  The adjective NEFARIOUS has 1 sense:

1. extremely wickedplay

  Familiarity information: NEFARIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEFARIOUS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely wicked

Synonyms:

nefarious; villainous

Context example:

a villainous band of thieves

Similar:

wicked (morally bad in principle or practice)

Derivation:

nefariousness (the quality of being wicked)


 Context examples 


If he met it in some nefarious enterprise her lips might be sealed.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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